The Bizarre World of Fake Psychics, Faith Healers, and Mediums

Psychics, Faith Healers, Mediums, Astrology, I don’t think these things are very good, I think they are in fact, bad, and fake.
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Sources:
Books:
Flim Flam - James Randi
The Men Who Stare at Goats - Jon Ronson
The Skeptics Dictionary - Robert Todd Carol
Films:
An Honest Liar (James Randi documentary)
Randi saying Uri sued him 20 times:
• James Randi DESTROYS P...
Barnum Effect
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Nostradamus is bad at astrology
books.google.ie/books?id=eww9...
Seatbelt Psychic Exposed
www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/ma...
Psychic Industry on the rise:
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/st...
www.ibisworld.com/united-stat...
apnews.com/press-release/pr-a....
Stories of Psychic Scams:
www.gq.com/story/the-curse-of...
Government study on faith healing rates in Idaho:
idahochildren.org/wp-content/u...
Followers of Christ Church:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
Sylvia Brown Cruise:
www.theguardian.com/world/200...
The Science of why so many people believe in psychics:
theconversation.com/the-scien...
Two Neuro Scinetists walk into a psychic fair
blogs.scientificamerican.com/...
James Randi 1 million dollar offer:
abcnews.go.com/Technology/psy...
Confessions of a psychic medium:
www.jordanharbinger.com/mark-...

[@supereyepatchwolf3007]

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[@crcker3841]

adding multiple comments to boost in algorithm cuz i cant afford patreon

[@spcnym990]

Love you too bby. Been a patron since 2017.

[@fun4plus]

I forgot that you have 1 million subs

[@wahyuasmono3922]

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[@just_a_turtle_chad]

Your awesome channel is certified with a Turtle Badge Of Approval ✨🍉

[@Reoko77]

There's an old saying goes: "Never trust a psychic who hasn't won the lottery once."

[@peteradamakakis4682]

How true is this statement? ☺

[@pink_sock]

The only way you can find out if a psychic is real or not is by violently battering them. If they were legit, they would have seen the ass whipping coming. Try it, it really works.

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@pink_sock I can get behind this

[@a_mc1569]

We have on that says “Psychics lie even when they tell the truth”

[@notnotalwen4891]

@@pink_sock power move

[@ryanmerkel656]

I am a "Ryan M" and I instantly thought, 'I guess he datamined all our google account logins and recorded 600+ versions of this section of the video.' Upon reflection, this is equally as scary.

[@FragmentedR_YT]

At least you didn’t think “AH, HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HIGHER BEINGS, PRAISE THE LORD AND THIS BLESSED MAN AHHHHHHH!!!”

[@memaymoo8088]

What's up Ryan, I was looking for your comment

[@marioroy877]

Blessed comment

[@ArchangelSteve]

Honestly I think "he checked my twitter" is probably less scary than the datamining thing, but either way it must have shit you up a bit when you first watched...

[@gota7738]

So how's the cat?

[@HadsDoesReplays]

My wife systematically removes all business cards for 'psychics' at the supermarket, they now leave signs saying please don't take these, she still does.

[@Infurtivation]

Good

[@tensnakesandacat2108]

not all heros wear capes

[@coffecrazy]

Your wife is an absolute legend

[@just-linx8271]

Free signs

[@leroy203]

Absolute queen

[@MomijiSour]

"I want to be cremated and I want my ashes to be blown into Uri Geller's eyes" is a level of haterade drinking I can only aspire to

[@elucified]

Absolutely iconic. What a king.

[@Edu-ro3ts]

Ryan M, after having picked 37: "okay that was a good one, but show me a real trick now"

[@barnaclescum7011]

Ryan flew too close to the sun

[@channingdeadnight]

The Amazing Randy has been one of my big heroes for decades now. He was a champion for many people who never even understood how hard he fought them. And he showed everyone how much more powerful reason, logic, and science are. He was brilliant using those three tools to completely discredit and emasculate physic powers and woo in general. Magic and psychi powers don't have the slightest chance against The Amazing Randy's logic and science. He was a major loss to the world. We miss him and appreciate all that he taught us, and the incredible example that was the life he lived until the very end.

[@GhostW1thTheMost]

​@@channingdeadnight someone should create a crew of magicians to continue his legacy. maybe "Randy's army" or something along the lines of that since randy's army sounds like my friend group's name in elementery school. it is a reference to harry potter, which might sound stupid, but it has the easiest argument: "you dont believe harry potter is real do you?" (also a good video/show intro). the reason im saying a crew and not another magician is a group will find it easier to debunk, and a group will find it easier to spread the word.

[@bencheevers6693]

I hope the guy didn't hit pause and run screaming right after being singled out

[@Jiglias]

I picked 73 and I was so freaked out

[@Xipheria]

"I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown into Uri Geller's eyes." is such a goddamn power move. What a king.

[@logangotcha8429]

He's honestly the most respectable guy I know. He knew the reasons behind the lies & deceit of psychics, he used scientific methods & explanations behind these illusions & yet he didn't back down no matter how much people yelled at him for breaking their reality. That guy is a true chad.

[@MCactus]

what a lad

[@groofay]

What a badass. Too bad he probably didn't get his wish. I bet Uri wouldn't have seen it coming.

[@Melkac]

Ultra chad.

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

"I'm going to put some ash in you eye."

[@thelocalbear8754]

I once had a psychic reading. She said my fortunes would change and I'd up embarking on a long journey. Turns out she nicked my wallet, and I had to walk home.

[@bwiebertram]

ba dum tush

[@arambles1]

She was so real for that honestly

[@Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living]

😂😂😂😂 Brilliant!

[@moomyung9231]

Most accurate psychic.

[@skylar5257]

Well at least she was telling the truth, imagine if you’d been worrying about that long journey for years. She sped up the process.

[@TheMilitantHorse]

James Randi was a hero. Watching him expose psychics is the single funniest thing ever.

[@bwj4893]

He was a national treasure. When asked the question, "Who is someone, living or dead, you'd like to have dinner with?" he would be at the top of the list. What a genius!

[@peterjohnjoseph]

"I want to be cremated and I want my ashes thrown in Geller's eyes" is the best quote directed at a nemesis I've ever heard.

[@lydiasteinebendiksen4269]

It's probably not impossible. I'm not saying someone should do it, as that would be illegal maybe, but it would probably b

[@peterjohnjoseph]

@Brian Weiletz But then every time someone brings it up they'll say "he had a lot of guts!". I can hear the groans already. I can't live in that world.

[@Deatlod]

@@peterjohnjoseph your gonna make me cry for that

[@madhijz-spacewhale240]

​@Brian Weiletz "Riki oh the story of Riki" if you haven't watched it already that is.

[@GENXJOPLIN]

Pocket sand shasha!!

[@glassoforangejuice6675]

“Pick a number between 1 and 100” 69 “It has to have two numbers” 69 “They can’t be the same” 69 “It has to be odd” 69

[@butHomeisNowhere___]

nice

[@marshel8993]

Exactly what I did

[@drewinsur7321]

He got me at 35 i was like nigga wtf

[@WelcomeToTheMadKingdom]

Glad I'm not the only one who went directly to there, lol

[@shriefallam8866]

I thought he meant both numbers can't be odd, so I chose 15.

[@AzureRoxe]

Hearing Sylvia Brown actually say "i don't care" when the person is telling her that she's wrong should've been the moment her entire scam went crashing down, did no one back then notice she said that?

[@marcuslinton310]

Nobody else cared she said it because they are so F'd in the head that they more easily accept the idea that she can be wrong on occasion. The idiotic general public actually prefer to believe in people who can be wrong at times, it's a crazy mind F for sure. I don't understand how anyone can believe in religions which make it possible to also believe in all kinds of other fairy tale BS like visiting aliens, bigfoot, ghosts, on and on.

[@BlizzardWolfPK]

Alot of these people are very desperate. One little slip isn't going to work.

[@kab9706]

Her "fans" were mostly people struggling with grieving the death of a loved one, which made them vulnerable for falling for her charade. They wanted comfort and they wanted to believe in her, even if it's not logical.

[@thevladchronicle]

As someone who was forced as a child into an interaction with a "faith healer" I can say that it's simply unfair how little choice I had in saying that, yes, of course I was healed. How could I not be? Do I doubt God????? But now years have passed and the injury is still as there as it ever was, to the point where walking ranges from discomfort to sharp pain on a daily basis. I am 19. I will likely never fully restore the damaged tendon that could have received proper care at a hospital back when I was 12. All because a child has no power to say "No, I'm still in pain" under pressure from a "prophet" and a "man of God" and his parents eagerly waiting for the "healing" to work. Fuck these psychics. I am glad I was not as affected as some. But now the simple sight of them makes me angry, from the pain I have to live every single day because I was denied medicine in favor of "God's undying love and grace".....

[@familyguysofunny1933]

Also, these dipshits give religion a bad name. During Covid, a lot of people weren't wearing masks because Allah would protect them. A religious speaker (known as imam) called them out and said that the protection is masks. Protection is medicine. Denying medicine is denying Allah's protection. The Earth has the tools necessary for humans to create medicine. Also, he said not to believe in people who claim supernatural things that cannot be backed up by science as no human alive can ever bend the laws of nature. Whether you hate religion or not, I think it's a beautiful way sensible religious people look at it.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The way I see it, God created the means for doctors to heal people. The Bible talks about physicians in a fairly positive light and Jesus uses them as an analogy for prophets. So denying medicine is actually not as Biblically supported as they would want to believe.

[@caseyjones-esque]

I’m so fucking sorry. That sucks. I wish you all the low-pain days.

[@thevladchronicle]

@caseyjones-esque8153 thank you, it means a lot

[@breck1637]

@@OtakuUnitedStudioYou think you’re being helpful with this, but you’re not. Doctors’ knowledge and skills comes from years of studying and practice. Medicine as we know it was built off of centuries of curiosity, but also the deaths of billions of humans, most of whom died without knowing why. In the past century many of these people were unwilling test subjects. This is not to discount medicine, but to point out that it took a long, brutal history for doctors to be as capable as they are today. If a god exists, it certainly doesn’t care about our welfare.

[@vtipoman]

Virgin Geller: "You're trying to destroy my career!!!" Chad Randi: "Yes."

[@redsauk]

lamo

[@alifizharulhaq3370]

"Galler accused Randi of trying to destroy his career" I just imagine Randi be like "Yup"

[@ThatGuy-zw4le]

@@redsauk laugh ass my off?

[@redsauk]

@@ThatGuy-zw4le how ever you want to interpret it

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

GigaChad Randi*

[@Liboo52]

“I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown into Uri Geller’s eyes.” Poetry

[@sabresister]

I aspire to that level of petty 😂

[@coolboyyo654]

real king shit

[@matheusrocha7293]

No man should have all that power

[@oimate6357]

What a goddamn hero

[@lad8907]

Absolute mad man

[@RHBR01]

The... One thing I absolutely HATE about these people is that when they get called out on being fake (ESPECIALLY Tyler Henry), there are always people who say "Well, they're helping bereaved families fine peace, so it's okay :)" No. No, it's not okay. It is not okay to put words into the mouths of someone's dead loved ones. It is so unbelievably not okay, and the fact that people are willing to excuse it because it gives someone a little comfort is absolutely grotesque to me.

[@kcindc5539]

Ya gotta admit, no other “psychic” rocks Blush&Bashful light-pink p***s pumper lip-stain like Tyler Henry

[@ech9817]

Not to mention that little comfort comes at the cost of sometimes hundreds of dollars

[@chinek]

Yeah, that is so disgusting. What I always say is that let our beloved ones rest in peace and do not speak for them, because they will certainly not be talking through any mediums mouth.

[@Crowbars2]

36:03 - The worst part of those children dying from preventable diseases like appendicitis and bladder infections, imo, is how the children must've been acting. Those kids must've been screaming and crying non-stop because of the pain. Despite that, their parents _still_ didn't take them to the hospital. What their parents said afterwards just makes my blood boil. "Well, it's my religious freedom to give my child one of the most horrific and painful of deaths. That's what this country was founded on." Throw those cunts in jail and throw away the key.

[@handhelder823]

Did the good Samaritan just pray for the guy he saved? No. There is a reason why there are doctors, even in the bible

[@CKuxixx]

@@handhelder823amen brother or sister

[@foxfoxelliott]

As a rule: never trust an alternative healer who discourages or outright refutes modern day medicine.

[@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4777]

True.

[@s1nistr433]

The problem with this thinking is that big pharma has incentive to lie to you too. It's a lot more profitable to sell a short-treatment that keeps you sick than a cure. By thinking this way, you automatically become vulnerable to their manipulation just like the people who fall for these spiritual healers. There is some truth in big pharma as well as alternative medicine, but the only way is to pinpoint what info is true or not is to weigh the pros/cons, studies and amount of anecdotal evidence and come to a conclusion.

[@foxfoxelliott]

@@s1nistr433 yes- I know. I didn’t say to ignore modern medicine that’s literally the point of my comment. I’m not trying to argue, as all internet arguments are futile and frankly stupid but also you really don’t know how I think and your content is quite presumptuous.

[@bkr1895]

But why would I take my bipolar medication when the granola lady at the supplement store said I could cure it with gingko biloba and St. Johns Wort? Surely she has my best interests in mind and is not simply trying to peddle her various herbs and minerals for her own gain. /s

[@foxfoxelliott]

@@bkr1895 lol. Exactly. Real medicine is for suckers.

[@mikeg4490]

A fake psychic vs someone tirelessly trying to prove him as a fraud. That would be a good battle manga.

[@itsDeej.]

mob psycho has that general feel sometimes lol

[@harshithvdn1449]

It would be awesome twist if the logical guy defeats fake psychic by some intense and sudden psychic power the fake guy can't explain....And then fake psychic keeps on pondering about what's true and what's false his entire life....

[@outogetyougotyou5250]

No need to label them as fake it's already implied in the word "psychic"

[@Care901]

@@itsDeej. Oh yeah, there was that whole Reigen arc when he was exposed as a fraud on live tv. And then Mob helped him regain his reputation. Which kinda frames Mob and Reigen in a bad light doesn't it?

[@abdou9383]

Death note fraud edition

[@CommanderCodyChipless]

"I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown into Uri Geller's eyes." That is literally the most savage quote I've ever heard, and it came from an old guy in the 70s. Way ahead of it's time.

[@gabiausten8774]

It's great that people like Randi exist. Any 'real' psychics would love people like Randi because they help identify hypothetical fakes for them.

[@Chimera-man-man]

God why can’t psychics be like Reigen and just give stressed people a back massage instead trying to predict whether their missing children are alive??

[@RobClober]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@anafu-sankanashi8933]

Then where are they gonna make that moola?

[@horserage]

@@anafu-sankanashi8933 From doing what he does and being able to say, with 100% certainty, that hes better then the rest.

[@San-li9ml]

And also be good people.

[@megugu2155]

I, too want to be scammed like Reigen's clients. Imagine going to him looking for your long lost mother but instead of your mother you find inner peace for your spine. Worth the money. Thanks for scamming me Reigen!

[@shannonbananan8520]

“You can’t find him because he’s in water” “No, no, it was 9/11” I HAD TO PAUSE THE VIDEO AND SCREAM

[@adeft1632]

idk why but it made very angry. makes you want to throw up y'know.

[@Igneeka]

I hate how she's like "No you see I keep seeing him in water" Like just take the L and stfu at this point

[@thisisaformality]

That made my chest hurt

[@WillofStone08]

I bet she really believes her bullshit, probably taught she had powers since she was a child and grew to believe that she could read people off of intuition.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@Igneeka that’s him seeing YOU DROWNING!

[@katietaylor8314]

Interestingly, not long after I watched this video I posted some art inspired by a dream I had had (because it was cute; I had dreamed about baby rats wearing adorable little tophats) and this woman came along saying she's a dream interpreter and could tell me what the dream "meant" if I was interested. Just for the hell of it I said sure go ahead, and what I got was an absolutely textbook example of a cold read. For example I mentioned I was an author so she intuited that I had an unfinished novel on my hands which I had abandoned halfway through. You know, LIKE EVERY AUTHOR ON THE ENTIRE PLANET. She also said the tophats meant I was "due to go up in the world", which could also mean damn near anything. At least my friends got a good laugh out of it when I showed them.

[@wren_.]

i love when people try to do “dream interpretations” on the most random things, like “hmmm yes this dream about rats in top hats means you will get rich off your book and become a greedy capitalist”

[@Alexander59059]

Fancier rats

[@bwj4893]

Glad to know you and your friends saw through the BS and found the humor in it!

[@NewtrendsMe]

Who remembers that famous scene from The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy tried telling to that psychic and he tried convencing her to go home. Your post reminded me of that.

[@Kveldred]

aw that's a very sweet and cute little dream. what an adorable person you are. 🙂💜

[@Lavthefox]

My mother believed(s) in psychics, so much so that she'd ignore real world advice and real world conflict and instead turn to palm readings, psychic readers etc to try and find reason and guidance. It's not harmless... There are victims... I've watched her shovel money she didn't have into these people's hands, be given false hope only to have that hope crushed, and have heard the brutally bad advice she's received.

[@reizak8966]

"The reason they can't find him is because he's in water." "No, he died during September 11, he was a fireman." This poor woman is desperate to make a connection, only to be so disappointed. I hope she found peace eventually.

[@Lutyrannus]

I literally had to pause the video for a good few seconds when I heard that because of how blatantly horrible it was.

[@reizak8966]

@@Lutyrannus Especially when she tried to justify her answer by saying it was the water from putting out fires. A true garbage human.

[@PeanutButterZombie00]

I hope so, too. What a sick thing it is to exploit peoples' grief the way Browne did, and all those other "psychics", too.

[@etherraichu]

@@PeanutButterZombie00 The worst part about it is it happens a lot. Not just with these scammers, but in a lot of aspects of life. Conspiracy theorists, people attempting to justify wars, political arguments... And when they do, I tell them about my friend who died in the 9/11 attacks. They shut the fuck up real fast. What's interesting is it even happens to people who think they're right. Its like realizing that, for the first time, they're actually talking to someone who was directly affected by it slaps them back into reality, at least for a little while. Long enough for them to slink off. Of course by that point my day is already ruined.

[@kuroru69]

Stupid emotional people either forget easily or suffer for eternity, she sounds like the later.

[@billyb7852]

Imagine being a psychic and having the arrogance to go on stage with a guy who is a professional in exposing frauds, thinking it’s gonna workout okay for you.

[@nevinmyers1245]

The thing is, it did work out. For all of them. Sure, for maybe 30 minutes they were exposed as fake, but after that life just continued as usual for them

[@kiritosenpai1501]

If you think your the best then why wouldn't you true its like the guy is basically challenging your talent

[@willman2k8]

It was a good bet for them to go on, they can spin not being able to use their powers on a whole load of bullshit, but to not turn up would mean they weren't confident in their own ability.

[@EdmondOliverLives]

To base your entire career/life on a lie that you have to convince everyone is true everyday, somewhat guarantees that every "psychic" is arrogant. It's sort of a litmus test. You can especially tell, because when exposed or when they get something wrong they double down hard or some outside force is disrupting them.

[@Ye4rZero]

I wonder how many had even fooled themselves into believing they were psychic

[@JuMiKu]

I will never forget how a friend tried to talk me into contacting a 'psychic', when my cat went missing. If I had even the slightest inclination to believe such things, I would have contacted them. I can only imagine even people who don't believe in it will do it, if it's their child. Just on the slightest chance... Horrible and absolutely predatory. (Our ancient beloved cat was returned to us via the true magic: the internet, which allowed us to communicate with most of our village. He died peacefully shortly after.)

[@Dinnyeify]

Maybe the real psychic was the friends we made along the way 😊

[@theblitz9]

Bit late on this but the reason 37 is very common is that people tend to avoid what they would think as obvious digits. These would be start/end and centre. Thus, 1 and 9 are "bad" because they are start/end and 5 because it is in the middle. This would leave 3 and 7 as the most likely. I actually chose 73. Easy to test. Ask your friends to choose a number between 1 and 5. The vast majority will choose 2 or 4.

[@wren_.]

oh i chose 69 because the internet

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

If you ask for someone to guess a number between 1 and 10, 7 and 3 are the most and second most chosen respectively. So 37 being "not obvious" is kind of amusing to me.

[@nickythedimensionhopper5160]

@theblitz9 Hm, but I chose 3? Out of the between 1 and 5 challenge you presented. And I also happened to choose 51 for Wolf's psychic guessing game. What does that mean? I mean, thanks to learning about the Barnum test, I can't be the only one who did, but am I possibly rare in some way? I gave it extra thought instead of answering on impulse. Idk my question is basically how likely are my answers?

[@aximili113]

I said 76... Mostly because I'm bad at math...

[@isabelanderson7387]

0 _ 0 I chose 67

[@AtomicSpaceWizard.]

I think the most depressing thing is that no amount of debunking has ever really stopped these people.

[@8bitdiedie]

So many of the people who follow this shit will tell you “well maybe it hasn’t been proven, but it makes me FEEL good so I’ll carry on doing it. It’s still doing me good.” Until, of course, the day when it doesn’t. It’s like they know it’s just a placebo at best but carry on with it anyway.

[@alexanderredhorse1297]

i forgot who said it, but most people really do want to believe and will convince themselves it's real.

[@brandonw6139]

@@alexanderredhorse1297 it's easier to fool someone than to convince them they have been fooled- mark twain

[@KrolKaz]

I highly doubt that Kim Kardashian would promote physics if they where fake, she is on the very tip of social progress and has helped millions live a better life.

[@MrZer093]

@@KrolKaz Honey, Kim Kardashian promotes whatever will make her money. Plain and simple. I don’t believe she’s evil for it but most certainly not the most moral person either. I just believe she’s a person like most of us and like most of us, it’s perfectly valid to call out BS when we see it from another person.

[@theskyking5]

"We have yet to encounter a great and terrifying Sky King." Ahem. I'm right here

[@KCzz15]

I'm not terrified of you yet and I don't see what makes you great. Try and change that.

[@stonksagent9040]

STONKS! I can sell this screenshot for thousands of dollars now! Thanks!

[@leonix9882]

NOSTRADAMUS YOU DID IT AGAIN

[@Predaplanter]

You're not very great or terrifying

[@chadbusch8541]

As the prophecy fortold!!

[@jessicacreed7773]

"It takes a magician to disprove a psychic" "I know this one, Harry Houdini!!" "James randi" "Oh" (Harry Houdini also spent a lot of his life doing the exact same thing lol, he hated these people too)

[@fluidthought42]

Houdini really did want to believe too, but he knew better than most how to put on a show. He was so dedicated that he gave his wife a secret signal/code that she could use to identify him should she ever find a "legit" spiritualist.

[@xaiverbres7335]

You mean to tell me there was a vid of a Russian woman with what I can only assume is a magnet under a table And the military immediately said “oh shit the Russians have wizards we gotta get on that”

[@dieuwt2626]

(2 million dollars later) "Huh. ah well"

[@dragonflower17]

I mean... the American government also did a bunch of testing on the potential of LSD in the 50s(I believe) so it's... sadly not that farfetched though disappointing.

[@Scarnehu]

Uri geller is not only a hack, but he's petty, he's the reason we haven't had a kadabra pokemon card in the tgc for years

[@kidflasher]

I've always wondered why I have never seen a Kadabra card in years

[@chrisj403]

THAT'S the psychic responsible for that? Holy shit

[@groofay]

Shit, I knew I'd seen that name recently...

[@FourteenthAngel]

Well that and Kadabra’s original name is literally ユングラー or Yungerer which is one kana away from Yuri Geller ユリゲラー Though I agree that he was being stuck up about the whole thing.

[@jowzeh]

Apparently he said recently that he is cool with it now

[@MrSkerpentine]

Woman: “My boyfriend’s body was never found...” Sylvia Brown: “I sense his body being under water-“ Woman: *”He died in 9/11. He was a firefighter.”* Sylvia: 😳

[@mp7950]

Don’t remember the Great Al-Qaeda Flood?

[@MrSkerpentine]

@@mp7950 Water & Jet fuel look identical to spirits. They’re specifically colorblind in that scenario. Quite quirky! :y

[@SanctuaryADO]

I thought he died in that Toys R Us smh

[@BattousaiHBr]

"he was a firefighter, there was a lot of water there"

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Apparently he drowned in the water from the firehose.

[@thisperson345]

James Randi sounds like such a fucking legend, people who will become the "villain" in society to undermine the true villains are just the people I respect more than anybody else, it's one of the most true definitions of being selfless there is.

[@GageMason]

I've always loved Randi. Dudes a hero in my book. How anyone could be mad at him for exposing frauds is beyond me.

[@thewholecircus2792]

I was laughing in the beginning, then when it looped back to religion I got mad, when i once told my religious mother that I was struggling and depressed her reply was "this is the devil's fault hes trying to get revenge on me". Like Yeah mom I forgot my problems were actually about you

[@chang3025]

thats rough :/ same here & I hope times get better

[@Kiier4n]

Damn that’s crazy. Sorry bout that :(. I’m not mega religious or anything but grew up in a heavy catholic background. Its crazy how we all kind of remember that one point we started questioning shit lol🤔.

[@fizzle7021]

Your mother is egotistical that the devil is targeting her

[@suburbanorca]

I feel you. Instead of them providing actual help, they give you that dumb bullshit like "You're not praying enough. Thats why"

[@Kiier4n]

@Conrad Kujur well said, and I agree 100%. I’m still catholic, but definitely still have my doubts and suspicions lol.

[@LSDreamscape]

One of the utterly disgusting parts of Sylvia Browne telling that mother that her daughter was dead and her dying without ever finding out she was alive, was that her daughter ACTUALLY WATCHED BROWNE TELLING HER MOTHER SHE WAS DEAD ON TV while she was in captivity. Sylvia Browne was, without a hint of hyperbole, a fucking monster.

[@CHmLgN]

What makes it worse is that the grief this lie created almost certainly played a role in her mother's death. "The ordeal had taken a toll as her health steadily deteriorated in recent months, family and friends said. She was 44. She died of heart failure at a Lakewood rehabilitation center, said her sister, Theresa. She had been hospitalized since December for pancreatitis and other ailments." That hateful creature literally broke her heart for no reason but money.

[@freddiem6805]

man... that's terrible :(

[@DAndyLord]

@@CHmLgN She didn't do it for money, at least not directly. She did it because she's a callous waste of oxygen. She'd've done it for free.

[@lyrialzander]

Dude, for real. She was caustic.

[@CHmLgN]

@@DAndyLord Sad thing is I know you're absolutely right.

[@redroC171]

every time I watch this video I can't help but laugh when I get to the hot reading part, because Wisconsin is a landlocked state in the middle of the country with the closest thing to a "sea" anywhere near it being Lake Michegan

[@jamesnomos8472]

Lake Michigan is, for most intents and purposes, a freshwater sea

[@shellbacksclub]

Sylvia Brown single handedly ruined my relationship with my best friend in highschool. He got soo caught up in her bs books to where he wouldn't stop with the angels & no touch healing for everything to where i couldn't take being around him anymore. This started shortly after his mothers untimely death & he was obviously simply searching for a greater meaning. I absndoned him because i was too young to understand it at the time... & have had to deal with that regret for over a decade. These charlatans should all be sued in class action lawsuits! They're pure evil.

[@doperagu8471]

What's even sadder about that prediction about the missing girl being dead, only to be found alive and kidnapped for several years - that girl SAW this happen on TV from where she was kidnapped. If I remember correctly, she has even said that she knew who this psychic was and believed she was real, and she got excited when she saw her parents were on TV to ask the psychic about her because the psychic lady can tell her parents where she is. And what did she have to watch? Some phony on TV tell her parents that she was DEAD?! What an abhorrent woman.

[@birdwhoknowswhatsgood1483]

Reminds me of that one time a fake psychic was brought on a shiw and was shown the picture of a young girl and said she was raped, tortured and killed only to find out that the girl was the woman who was showing her the picture when she was younger to call out the fake psychic

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

The kidnappers were concerned if they'd be charged with murder and the kidnap victim cried because people were giving up on saving her. Yikes, heart wrenching.

[@doperagu8471]

@@birdwhoknowswhatsgood1483 wow when did that happen?

[@maryhorton7876]

The mother dying before her daughter was freed from her abductor, heart breaking stuff. She died thinking her daughter had already died.

[@maryhorton7876]

@@doperagu8471 I think you can find that story on one of Holy Kool-aid's videos about fake psychics.

[@NikoJr.]

Psychics are the real-world equivalent of that scene in Lego Movie where Batman throws tons of batarangs at a button and says "first try!" on the 30th throw where he actually hit it

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

except they never hit it nice comment

[@NikoJr.]

@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Good point. And thanks

[@greenjupiter]

Ouch hahaha

[@Gloomdrake]

Cute hat

[@wegner7036]

@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory ...Yes, they do hit it... That's why people fall for them. Did you even watch the video?

[@p.wynnmarkstall1737]

I got a message from Sylvia Browne, nearly ten years after her death, via automatic writing. It reads: “OH GOD THE PAIN THEY’RE EATING ME THEY’RE EATING ME AGAIN MAKE IT STOP NOW I’M BURNING AUUUUUUGH”

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

this is just SCP-2718

[@BoxofRain-ff4td]

My uncle had a serious heart condition and sought out a well known faith healer. He was “healed” and left a happy man. That is until he had a massive heart attack 3 weeks later. I would look forward to a few minutes alone with this individual, after which he could practice his healing abilities upon himself

[@NA-yq4pe]

I feel so bad for the guy, he's just trying to show people they're getting scammed and they're applauding someone yelling at him :(

[@haiperbus]

Boomer americans

[@vivvy_0]

america

[@johnbuscher]

@@vivvy_0 it ain't just America. Look up videos about people in South Africa arguing that meteorology is false and that their Shaman is what calls the rain.

[@nihilego3634]

@@johnbuscher At least they have the excuse to be third world countries that don't have as easily access to information than us.

[@rayronnyd4659]

@@nihilego3634 I think you described America

[@yomigonzalez9870]

I was 5 years old when I almost died from appendicitis. A few months later, our neighbors upstairs came and asked my father (who was a religious leader in our church) to come help them pray for their daughter who had been complaining about stomach pain and vomiting. My father went up to their apt and saw the little girl (same age as me, she and I were friends) vomiting bile. She was sweating and shivering. She had a high fever. He recognized what she had as the same symptoms I had, but far worse. He wrapped her in her blanket and told the parents she needed to go to the hospital immediately. They all got in the car and the father of the girl was arguing with my dad the entire time stating he did not believe in medicine or the ER, that God would heal her if they just prayed enough. This little girl had appendicitis and her appendix had actually burst. If I remember correctly, she had sepsis. She recovered eventually, but had my dad not taken her to the ER, she would have died due her parents believing in prayer over medicine. I'm glad my dad had a mix of belief and medicine. He often told ppl in the church that God created medicine and that people needed to have faith in their doctors along with God.

[@eldritch-rage]

That last part. That's the exact point

[@xDigDoug]

Tell him the story of the man dying of thirst in the desert, the man refuses water, the man refuses help, the man refuses all forms of aid When he faces god, he asks "Why didn't you save me?" and god replies "I sent you the water, I sent you the camel" I forget the rest, but that's the jist of it Maybe god guided the doctor to his / her career to save the chilren.

[@bendy514]

@@xDigDoug so in the end, every good thing that comes your way, including modern medicine, doctors and people offering help, were sent to you by god (or total coincidence)

[@D_Dupa]

Or, perhaps, maybe people should stop believing in fantasies like a god altogether That would certainly make them less susceptible to denying reality Just food for thought

[@yomigonzalez9870]

@@D_Dupa while religion in itself is an issue, the biggest problem that puts believers at risk is when their beliefs leave no room for science. I myself am a non-believer, but having grown up pentecostal, I can understand the thought behind it.

[@thepurplebox380]

I was once asked the question: Who would you like to meet in the afterlife? I replied, "James Randi... Because then I could go up to him and say - I guess we were both wrong about this afterlife business eh?" R.I.P James Randi. I'm lucky that my time on Earth overlapped with yours briefly.

[@veryannoyedrn]

This video is a bit old I don't think anyone will see this comment November 14th 2023 i lost my little brother. 3 months of suffering. Yesterday My mother came to me to tell me that she saw a psychic and the psychic had all sorts of knowledge about my brother and had answers for his afterlife. My mother has lived a hard life, so have I but i never thought she'd go to a psychic. I Thought about telling her that it's fake but I still don't know if it's the right thing to do or not. It was a free reading after all and shes not one to spend money keft and right. I came to this video for comfort, because everything said here is true. They prey on vulnerable, grieving, suffering people and theyre rewarded for this. Psychics are scum. Thank you for this video when I watched it nearly three years ago I just thought it was interesting, but now it's actually truly helped me.

[@Marc-ny6mg]

I’m sorry for your loss, and I’m sorry that loss has been made harder by manipulators. I understand your hesitancy to tell her the truth, I’m named after my uncle, who was shot and killed when he was 15, and my grandmother told me stories of how he spoke to her after he died, saying that he was okay and with God now. People find comfort in faith, and sometimes it is more harmful for them to expose them to reality than to allow them to live with a fantasy like that. What’s most tragic about these manipulative practices talked about in this video is that people are being convinced to hurt themselves (by giving their money, time, relationships, health, and sometimes their lives) in order to find that relief. I don’t know what the right thing to do is, but I know the feeling. Hopefully one day humanity will learn to cope with and accept the harsh realities of life instead of trying to escape from them.

[@YehudiNimol]

About a year ago, I found out my mother gives money to religious healers so they could pray for me and other members of my family. I still haven't told her that I know, because I don't want to admit I went through her messages, but I tried hinting at it. I totally get why you'd be hesitant to tell your mom about this. People will do anything for comfort and stability, and this includes spending ridiculous amounts of money on things that don't work and they don't truly need. I'd say you're lucky that your mom didn't spend any money on it yet

[@christscrackers647]

"It's kinda' fucked up how people hate you for bein' real and reward you for bein' fake." - Tupac Shakur

[@yourlocalgamedev1834]

People are usually scared of reality because it breaks the fantasies we Make of life and shows how truly weak we are -Sacqlain Brown

[@lsmmoore1]

**cough*Peterson*cough** Yes, that's a different kind of fakery, but I know one of the scientists who did ACTUAL research on lobsters (lobster and indeed any crustacean research is a small world). She was one of my professors, and she would NEVER use those studies to justify hierarchy in any way shape or form (and she never even mentioned that lobster aggression study in class, it was so irrelevant, I had to Google her to find her connection to one of those lobster aggression studies). And she has nowhere near the amount of fame and accolades that the guy famous for using lobsters to justify hierarchical behavior does.

[@geegoflex6762]

@@lsmmoore1 i mean at least shes honest.The other guys the king of nothing.

[@ikea600]

the girl's mother that didn't learn her daughter was alive, the daughter was actually watching the show at the time in captivity and watched as her mother was delivered the news. absolutely heartbreaking my god

[@marylhere]

She never saw her daughter again though because she died before her daughter was found. As did the psychic.

[@tyashawalker3510]

That's creepy

[@Skitdora2010]

The mother in the after life still frantically looking for her daughter. I honestly think that psychics are good for cold cases, not to channel or say somebody died, but to give the fresh way of looking at it that is needed to jump through to a lead. Artistic eyes function differently from those of a scientist or analytical person and sometimes out of the box thinking is what solves a cold case.

[@lushpapaya9932]

@@Skitdora2010 Didnt you learn anything from this? psychics are frauds!!

[@JD-jz5gu]

@@lushpapaya9932 Yes. But I agree to an extent. I think it’s fine to give psychics a chance in a cold case because like that person said, they have a different perspective. But, psychics should NEVER be able to say their answer is certain and it’s the only one or made public for exactly the situation stated originally in this comment thread.

[@MyScreenNameIsTroubledOne]

There was a chick from my home town in that Heavens Gate cult. Her family was devastated by what happened. Sad shit. Unfortunately she had always been known as a mentally unwell person. Her and her disability check ran off to be with that cult. Preying on the weak and most vulnerable portion of society is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.

[@adamirnukic4594]

2 years after this video and I honestly think that this situation has only gotten worse, I see this type of astrology and psychic stuff everywhere, fucking hell we're doomed as a society aren't we?

[@kateendrews46]

Looking down on paganism is sooo coool and funny you’re so smart. Wait till you realize that Christianity and other religions are built off of paganism and that Christianity was a huge political ploy lol. Christmas and Easter are pagan as well as using sunday as the worship day. But Christian values so to say were added in order to convert pagans to Christianity. That’s true historical fact my friend. So maybe don’t shit on things you have no clue about

[@notgray88]

@@kateendrews46 they never mentioned christianity lmao. butthurt much?

[@CallmeCael]

My science teacher made a whole lesson dedicated to telling us how much he hated astrology

[@max_punch]

Seems like something my teacher would do

[@mettanoiaxavier5698]

I can understand it

[@doneestoner9945]

That's good.

[@laurenkeim5031]

Nice

[@floppavevo5920]

i think in most cases it's fun if you don't take it seriously but the fact that people do take it seriously is scary

[@lisaallen6358]

I've always hated psychics and how they prey on vulnerable and grieving families, but add in interfering with police investigations and convincing people to not seek medical treatment is next level terrible.

[@convergeman7825]

Wait there are police investigators that really use psychics? I thought that was just something that the Phoenix Wright games made up...

[@lisaallen6358]

@@convergeman7825 I think it's pretty rare, but it has happened from time to time. I think it's mostly on cold cases or if the "psychics" call in tips to hotlines.

[@bennichol1510]

@@lisaallen6358 yeah south park did an episode of it where there is a murderer cartman hits his head and people think he's psychic so Kyle decides to injure himself the same way cartman did because he knows who the real killer is so he pretends he has powers and they find the real guy

[@armyshope]

People are supposed to seek medical treatment. Those fake psychics are so bad

[@bennichol1510]

@@armyshope I know right they are just there to con vulnerable people into giving them money to do cheap party tricks and acting like they are the second comming of god or something

[@wildworld6264]

This video is undoubtedly challenging to watch, yet its significance cannot be overstated. Content like this should be shown in schools, where its impact can resonate deeply. Kudos to you for creating such a powerful piece-thank you for fighting the good fight.

[@MaxonerousX]

Wait why is it challenging to watch? It's interesting and well-paced

[@wildworld6264]

@@MaxonerousX oh yeah, the pacing is perfect. I just meant it's hard to see all these people be tricked.

[@MaxonerousX]

@@wildworld6264 Oh yeah definitely lol

[@AnaklusmosPSI]

my dad grew up in a very poor country, one day his sister fell victim to a deadly sickness, when doctors were called, the only thing they did was "heal her soul" with 'magic"... she died

[@InedibleMuffin]

Seeing Randi hated on stage was so heartbreaking, I absolutely love the idea of what he'd set out to do. He passed away just last year, when the internet was already thriving and there were more people aware of this kind of malarchy. He may have been criticised in earlier years, but I hope he was showered with support from fans in later years, knowing what a hero he was to many. RIP Randi.

[@akiraigarashi2874]

True. Even when you show them valid counters to their beliefs, the brainwashed will still cling on to it like mad. I hope their kind dies off in the future.

[@InedibleMuffin]

@@akiraigarashi2874 realistically, I don't think it'll ever truly die off. Wherever there's emotional vulnerability, you can bet there will be people to take advantage of it. We can only hope that in the future there's enough awareness of these kinds of mediums in the future that they can be arrested before too much harm is done.

[@akiraigarashi2874]

@@InedibleMuffin Yeah that was just a hopeless desire I had.

[@SynthoidSounds]

For some people, taking responsibility for their own choices and actions is impossible, so much easier just to rely on planets and make believe star constellations, or whatever, to do this for them. For many, who have devoted much of their lives to make believe mythology, their entire identity is immersed in this. Having to recognize this lifelong devotion has been severely misguided is simply too difficult, a sort of mystic midlife crisis.

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

He was alot like Houdini

[@bdg1970]

James Randi was literally the embodiment of the 'Why you booing me I'm right!!' guy

[@TheGoldenBoo]

The " 'Why you booing me I'm right' guy?" *dude.* That's Hannibal Burress.

[@Gommes]

@@TheGoldenBoo who killed Hannibal?

[@TheGoldenBoo]

@@Gommes BDG, apparently. lmao

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Well, unlike Hannibal Burress, James Randi isn’t a landlord, so I’m inclined to believe you.

[@alfador.]

It’s really upsetting when people claim to “communicate with the dead” because when people are grieving, no matter what their logic tells them, they want to believe. I’ve experienced this first hand and it makes me so angry how someone could be so disrespectful as to pretend that

[@Rustyfork_25]

What's really sad is that 2 of the remaining Heavens Gate members that didn't end up joining the group to death, were told by the leader to stay behind and keep the site running. Sounds like a fun existence if you ask me.

[@statesminds]

I've met girls who literally won't become your friend if you are a specific zodiac sign lmao

[@moodyfingers7301]

Those are sad people. Imagine being so boring and yet think so high of yourself, that you think that your destiny is written in the stars.

[@licentiousdreams]

It's nice to find out if someone is crazy before dating them.

[@collin4555]

tbf they'd be right that we shouldn't be friends

[@tanayaaryo544]

my friend broke up with his girlfriend because his girlfriend said "our zodiac isn't compatible, so we're breaking up". my poor friend really pissed off at people who really believe zodiac.

[@neoqwerty]

I've got a weaponized zodiac, apparently Scorpio's supposed to be unpredictable and aggressive. I can just say I'm a Scorpio and everyone who believes in this BS suddenly goes away. The only thing I use it for otherwise is to justify buying cool (fake) scorpion trinkets. it meshes with my metal fashion nicely.

[@sundaybutane9725]

"Astronomy is just nice old people looking at the sky." *Cries in young astronomer*

[@neoqwerty]

You heard it, turn in your youth, go get a bunch of werther's originals and peppermint candy and give up any self-insecurity you might have, and start listening to music from the 50's and 60's. You're now an old astronomer who just ages very gracefully.

[@inurokuwarz]

You stared into the abyss, and the abyss stared back...

[@Seacreature503]

Always someone who has to ruin a good comment... Thanks neo

[@viccctor_]

I think you meant astrology Edit: sorry 2:36

[@sundaybutane9725]

@@viccctor_ We did talk about astrology in my astronomy class.

[@silvandarart]

Randi is a modern Harry Houdini, and deserves endless respect 😊

[@Sadako2602]

In college, we were tasked on presenting about pseudo sciences, we were supposed to be scientists, (even tho most of my classmates presented their topics as if they were real, they themselves believing it could be real). I presented chiromancy and treated it like a joke, saying at all times "this is about convincing people that I know what I'm doing", and read two classmates' hands... they believed me I was actually doing it. Word spread and some guy from other class wanted to pay me to read his hand.

[@ailexx3377]

"The majority of people pick 37, because people are psychologically inclined to pick 35 or 37" Me, who picked 69: cool fact but i somewhat doubt it

[@apachehelicopter741]

I see a man of culture

[@julielove4evr]

I picked 53.

[@morelhunter3966]

97

[@WhoSaidThatLikedYouSheNeverDid]

I picked 4

[@ys3822]

picked 69 as well, i was genuinely surprised he didn't guess it

[@brittneybrisbin744]

The fact that Sylvia said "I don't care" when that poor, grieving mother said there was no evidence that her daughter had been shot just shows what kind of person she was: evil, manipulative, and only interested in herself and money.

[@rdizzy1]

People still believe in Sylvia Brown even now.

[@ethanhinton4549]

@@rdizzy1 Funny thing is, she even mispredicted her own death.

[@rdizzy1]

@@ethanhinton4549 They all will, considering psychics don't actually exist.

[@Miracle122485]

@@rdizzy1 That is incredibly sad

[@postsingluarity6159]

@@rdizzy1 With all these psychics (Read: charalatans) running around... how do we fix this? How do we keep these frauds and snake oil salesman away, never to earn a single cent more?

[@laurabXOTWOD]

I think a great example of these "psychics" vileness is that Ashley woman on tiktok, the absolute head case leading a one woman harassment campaign against some poor professor at an American university, claiming she murdered people because her tarot cards told her so. This particular grifter is actually unhinged, but somehow has followers. I can't imagine the stress these nutters have put this woman through. Luckily they're now going to court and Ashley's defending herself, which is going precisely as well as you would expect.

[@fildorian6867]

I freakin love you man! My mom is a believer of all kinds of shit and I personally experienced how dangerous this can get. I really don`t think we should just laugh it off if we encounter this kinds of information but actively fighting against it. Because for everyone who laughs it off, there will be one who takes it seriously. That`s why I think we should all take it seriously... as a fckin problem

[@theswedishdude1]

"you can't find him because he's in water" "he died in 9/11" HAHAHAHA, she tried to play it off but she got destroyed out the gate on that one.

[@dementedavenger2784]

you would think that she would listen for one more second and then spout her bullshit, but nope, that's how arrogant she is.

[@joshdavis8381]

And I think even the lady herself figured out how full of shit she was. Just the way she silently sat down after a while.

[@user-iu1eg2pt7i]

I thought she'd say something like "He says he couldn't breath, felt like drowning so I assumed he's in water." but she just kept on going lol

[@panqueque445]

The funny thing about when Geller got exposed as a fraud on TV is that his followers took it AS PROOF that his powers were real. Because if it was all just a trick, he could've done it on command without fail. So the fact that he failed to bend metal was taken as proof that he could in fact do it and he just wasn't "feeling it" that night. Fucking unbelievable.

[@DELTARYZ]

Clearly it wasn’t unbelievable, heh.

[@handinjuries750]

@@DELTARYZ lmao nice

[@johnbuscher]

I... How? Man, I wish I could have gotten straight A's in school by failing every test and making my professors think "Yeah, I could do it if I wanted to, so give me the A anyhow"

[@nihilego3634]

@@johnbuscher Cognitive dissonance, son.

[@unknownfactor6489]

The mistake only using logic, they needed to use some emotion like "this person would cause your child to die if he profits from it"

[@ComradeCage]

I remember arguing with someone once who tried to claim James Randi had a sordid past equal to Geller's. It was at that time I realized that the person I was explaining it to was not worth trying to show the error of their ways. Its insane the mental gymnastics some people are willing to put themselves through just to feel more comfortable in their world. It wouldn't be so bad if they wanted to live that way, but for some godforsaken reason, they *insist* on constantly sharing those erroneous opinions and making other vulnerable people believe it. In its own way, that level of ignorance is just as destructive as the conartists that do their snake oil practices like Geller.

[@thomfiel]

James Randi was an American hero. We desperately need more like him, especially now.

[@ryanmyers3939]

I’m Ryan M and I must say I’m convinced. Thank you. This video changed my life!

[@prieterico]

Did you freak out when he described you? Lmao

[@WhileMyGuineaPigGentlyWheeks]

Haha do you have a cat and know someone named Alissa? 😂

[@veonncaines7063]

@@prieterico 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@veonncaines7063]

@@WhileMyGuineaPigGentlyWheeks 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrL0WEL]

Did you choose 37?

[@chrisgomez8811]

a psychic shop, but inside it's actually just a fleet of therapists inside ready to help the damaged people who are most at risk from a psychic

[@Ramsey276one]

FUND IT

[@NA-AN]

Where is your bank account! HAVE MY MONEY!

[@AngryGodzillaBirds1]

this is just the plot of mob psycho 100

[@chrisgomez8811]

@@AngryGodzillaBirds1 oh my god you're right

[@theonlyjuan4566]

That's literally Reigen from Mob Psycho 100.

[@elliot3921]

I do tarot cards reading, and even when I do those with my friends and family, I tell them what cold and hot reading is because I know I can be biased. I don’t believe in psychics and I always rely on facts more than my cards. Tarot cards should be something fun to have a talk around a cup of tea and talk shit, I thank those videos.

[@maxhill9254]

Rest In Peace James Randy and thank you for exposing all of these fraudsters

[@jessip8654]

Reminds me of when my Mom's friend was told by a psychic that she was going to die in a car crash at 35. This resulted in years of this woman being terrified of getting into cars. She's almost 50 now so obviously the psychic was full of crap. But what an awful thing to do to someone.

[@junior1388666]

Well at least it kept her in shape. Having to just walk around all those years lol

[@Sleksin]

​@DIORDOL VON GIOHEIM To counter that, can you assume that knowledge alone is enough to change the future? If psychics were real then, what about stuff like determinism and fate? There are a number of things that are yet to be (or fundamentally cannot be) truly proven or disproven. If one of these things were to be true, what about the others? Once you start assuming that one such thing is true, it opens the doors to others. The more you consider, the more contradictions and flaws come up and the less likely each is to be true. There's no basis by which we can assume that psychics are real but determinism is not and so no way to obtain the desired situation (psychic stopped a woman from dying in a car crash at 35) beyond picking things that support your narrative and leaving behind those that don't. One of the easiest examples of this is religion. I'm not going to say that any are or aren't real, or that people should or shouldn't have religious beliefs, however: There are and have been countless religions. They shift, form and fade continually. Are all of these 'real'? Is a specific one or few true where the rest aren't? I got a bit carried away and ay have completely lost the original point, but whatever. I've lost my train of thought so I'll leave it here for now.

[@Gstrangeman96]

I had the displeasure of having a flatmate who took the "agnostic" approach to psychics ("i can't prove they're right but I can't prove they're always wrong"), citing as his evidence an anecdote from his grandma in which a psychic randomly pulled her off the street and accurately predicted the age at which she would marry, the number and gender of her children, and a bunch of other crap, off a single palm lines reading. Had to resist the urge to tell him "Yeah, you can totally trust the recall of an 80 year old woman who never made it past middle school to disprove hundreds of years of academic science", because when you do that in real life you inevitably come accross as a cynical asshole.

[@jessip8654]

Guys we all lived in the boonies. Her options were use a car or become a shut-in. She braved the cars and just had regular panic attacks about it.

[@WiseSageBum]

@@jessip8654 jeez... that makes it worse

[@tardifan]

An anime about psychic debunkers would make for a great "non-battle" battle anime.

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

Reigen Arataka 😎

[@jmalmsten]

Sounds like a cross between Mob Psycho 100 and Ace Attorney. I want it!

[@lupainscius3889]

Omg I thought about the same anime as you too 🤣 Mob psycho 100 is definitely in my top3 anime of all times

[@lizerdspherex]

I can easily see this as a Battle Shonen in the same vein as Yu-Gi-Oh or some fights in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (namely the Darby Brothers' matches) with a hint of Doctor Stone.

[@A6by]

I would watch the absolute hell out of that.

[@shurno1588]

Randi was a legend , a hero , and an incredible man. I really hope he can rest in peace.

[@ryanmills4222]

It amazes me just how evil psychics are, and the immense damage they cause with no remorse

[@manamaster6]

That TV show host that yelled at James Randi was so angry at having his personal fantasies broken that he lashed out against the person telling the truth. Had James Randi presented himself as a psychic and used that TV show to promote some quackery, the host would have been delighted, as it is more comfortable to be lied than to be told you were lied.

[@caroline6218]

I can’t stand television so that’s why am on KZbin right now lol.

[@theSemiChrist]

That last sentence needs the word "to" after both instances of lied. It makes no sense as is.

[@MrMarinus18]

I think it's partially because of the decline of the church. People still have their spiritual needs after all.

[@manamaster6]

@@MrMarinus18 definitely, a religious upbringing and all it involves (community, servitude, hierarchies, rigid structures, support networks, strong father figures, etc.) may make it really difficult for people to embrace the world as it is, where easy solutions are scarce, random chance may seem overwhelming and carving our own path becomes a necesity difficult to overcome.

[@MrMarinus18]

@@manamaster6 There is a reason Christianity was able to dominate the minds of hundreds of millions of people for over 2000 years. The idea of an all knowing and all powerful god watching over you is a comforting one.

[@tombrady1434]

"if we made a thousand predictions about things that might happen in the next years..." well then we'd get the Simpsons

[@jellydarling1008]

Perfect 👌 🤣

[@flower-et4tl]

Which is a reason it's important to know the difference between a true prophet and a false prophet. Someone who makes many prophecies and gets some things right some things wrong isn't a prophet. Someone who only makes prophecies so vague you could apply it to any number of events isn't very convincing either. But someone who makes many prophecies and gets nothing wrong while we continue to see his predictions proven right again and again in front of our eyes, well then you need to start paying attention. Provingislam.com

[@ninjos4]

@@flower-et4tl how do you know that those prophesies are true? how do you know that those prophecies that aren't true haven't been hidden from you? do you really think that those in charge of the printing of the Quran are unable to edit it without you noticing?

[@blippitybloo]

XD

[@flower-et4tl]

@@ninjos4 if you look into the history of quran preservation you would see that is impossible lol It's called mutawatir transmission where thousands of the prophet's companions memorized the quran and passed it down to tens of thousands of their students and so on At that point denial is delusional Also not to mention we have manuscripts from the time of the companions that match what we recite today Now adays millions have memorized the quran in full. And as all Muslims are required to memorize a portion of the quran near a billion have memorized the quran in part. Not even a letter changed goes unnoticed for example when someone makes a mistake reciting quran in prayer there are many in the mosque who would immediately correct the error

[@stefaniehvilsom843]

This was a fantastic video! the care, effort, and emotions you put into this! it was truly a blessing to watch! Thank you so much!

[@antoniogutierrez1575]

this video blew my mind so i rewatched it it with my friends and it. blew my mind again, this video is so incredibly good in every way, the script, the editing , the pacing, everything is amazing

[@tamsyz743]

Me who choose 69. You mortal fool, my mind is outside of predictability.

[@rhael42]

same. I actually thought he'd say 69 for the meme, knowing some of us would pick it for the meme

[@facundogerez7570]

I swear, I was totally conviced that he was going to say 69.

[@samboujaiteh3331]

I picked 83, cuz I’m an idiot.

[@deividasradziunas3696]

I see I'm not alone xD

[@rickydo6572]

I picked 42 cause I wasn't actually paying attention when he asked to pick a number lol

[@user-ef7el7cg8g]

Has anybody checked in with Ryan M, who probably just had the weirdest moment of his life?

[@yung_bonsai]

I found this comment while scrolling through to find Ryan... oh how I yearn for the pay off from this bit...

[@connieallen6804]

Ryan sir we need to know

[@davidbarney1171]

Living by the sea... In Wisconsin...hmmmm

[@MetagrossOverlordX]

Think he commented about it on twitter and Eyepatch Wolf RTed it

[@ryanmcglinchey6776]

Not the exact Ryan but I am a Ryan M and it freaked me out

[@quarkmolotov1049]

My mom is a nurse her opinion on things like chiropractors. She told me that there's two main groups. The chiropractors who scam people and make ridiculous claims. And then there's the group that just promotes helping with joint pain with certain exercises.

[@koolkel00]

It certainly doesn't help that places like the US where there is such an incredible amount of high tech medical equipment and doctors around, and yet only the tiniest fraction of the population can actually afford to access them. That's the most tragic thing of all. The debate i have to have with my friend who suffers fainting spells and chronic pain, every time, she begs me not to take her to the ER because she can't afford it. She has told me she would rather die than withstand the sheer stress of any more debt. And after i had to go to the ER for a persist foot pain problem, I don't blame her. The doctor talked to me for 20 minutes and giving me a sandal and prescribing foot elevation and bed rest, I walk out of that hospital with a bill of TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. I am not fucking joking. And that is WITH INSURANCE!!! And you better fucking believe unless my heart actually stops, I'm never going back. I don't blame anyone not being able to reconcile such a thing, and turning to whatever homeopathic nonsense to try and cope and feel in control of your situation. Because its almost worse to know there is real effective medical treatments available, but some rich powerful asshole behind a big CEO desk decided you aren't rich enough to deserve it. And your government is knowingly letting it happen and actively profiting off of it. What the fuck do you do then. Because I'd love to know.

[@bujaksha]

"I want to be cremated and I want my ashes to be blown into Uri Geller's eyes" what a CHAD

[@ImWeirdBoy]

Was he?

[@apearchitect5647]

@@ImWeirdBoy absolutely

[@apearchitect5647]

@@ImWeirdBoy WAIT YOU MEANT CREMATED

[@apearchitect5647]

@@ImWeirdBoy SHIT IDK MAYBE

[@redvodka1933]

I never knew James Randi was considered such a bad guy, I've always thought of him as a badass exposing liars and scammers like Houdini did.

[@lbcyber]

Later in his life he became very uncomfortably enamored with eugenics and social darwinism. He's also been accused of letting the JREF fall to shambles by ignoring a plethora of complaints of racism, sexism and harassment by JREF staff and speakers over the years while he was still active in his organization. It doesn't diminish the importance of his work, but it does paint a more grounded picture of him as a flawed and at times problematic figure.

[@bluetrinityhaloseven7244]

@@lbcyber I loved his exposing Uri Gheller content, that was some of his best "work", yet I have left a comment under the video that easily exposes his most basic flaw, and all the stuff you listed is also quite pertinent, he was after all a scammer himself to start, it's where he learned that all these "tricks" are studied, cold reading, theatrics, statistics, etc...

[@orvil9223]

Whenever you mess with a large industry's money - they will come after you in very large numbers. He obviously wasn't considered a bad guy by anyone with a stable mind, but, psychics, etc. are part of the entertainment industry, so, they stick together. That is why he was made to look bad on so many talk shows, etc. Hell, Montel Williams promoted the hell out of Sylvia Browne and he knew she was a fake. All of those screw ups they edited out were on his show - so, he saw them.

[@calebmcintosh1991]

More than any public figure I've taken an interest in, Randi was a walking contradiction. He spent his life exposing shams while living a lie himself, he was a critical thinker who could be incredibly closed minded, and he was so passionate about his work that he neglected a lot of it. Having a complicated legacy doesn't make him bad guy or tarnish his work. He was a badass exposing liars and scammers. He was also a lot of other things. We all are.

[@attackfighter]

People with low IQ want to believe in religion and psychic powers. People of all IQ levels become upset when their beliefs are challenged. We people on the internet live in a bubble and often fail to realize how many religious and supernaturalist people there are and how bizarre and dysfunctional they are. James Randi believing in eugenics (as an above commenter claims he was) was likely him coming to realize the extreme dysfunction afflicting the average human animal - a dysfunction that begins and ends in the genes.

[@bridgetburtenshawnotmine]

Thank you for being a truth teller.. we need more of them .THANK YOU DONT QUIT

[@AngelofMelee]

I have such a deep respect for what you and what you've done here. This has been an amazing video on a subject I, myself am SO passionate about. Thank you for this video ❤

[@elzi8391]

i'm christian, and chronically ill. The amount of times people in my own church have told me to go to a faith healer or who have told me to pray harder and god will essentially magic it away is. . . its gross and disgusting tbh. religion is fine to me, though obviously i'm biased. but blaming everything on a spiritual dissonance is (obviously) disastrous. the amount of times people have told me that my depression is a literal demon possessing me is sad, especially because i know for a fact that my depression is due to a long time serotonin deficiency that's been around almost since birth. smh at the people who prey on the vulnerable.

[@thelegendarybloxycola4727]

I hope you get better, if you still aren't getting therapy, try to find a good one, someone which isn't biased to one side, maybe it will help your condition, i pray for you to get better!

[@gekko99]

I'm sure those people mean well, but that's a really shitty thing to tell someone. Glad you can see through it. I had a family member driven crazy by that shit because she constantly blamed herself for her condition worsening.

[@Eisenwulf666]

Sorry to hear that. There are therapies and drugs(as in medicine) that can greatly improve your quality of life. Speaking from experience. It won't vanish istantly, but you will be able to lead a nice life. Never give up. I hope it didn't sound too patronising. Have a wonderful day😊

[@micahgelok4648]

What type of church/denomination do you attend?

[@starfyre59]

as a fellow christian who has also seen this kind of stuff, it reflect poorly on our communities. Belief and love in god should not be tied with the negligence of science and observable reality. You can trust in god without hating scientists. PS hoping you get the help you need, be well friend

[@greyfox4838]

the sad thing is victims will often lash out violently at the people trying to expose the frauds, as you can see in that ridiculous moment on Don Lane's crappy show where he told Randi to piss off

[@vahlok1426]

Yeah, that was kinda unbelievable. Could never get away with that nowadays, that's for sure.

[@jasonhunter2819]

Tearing people's idiot superstitions away makes them terrified and violent, its why atheists have gotten so much hate over time. Not lying about the nature of the universe is a dangerous thing I guess

[@charliecoke7396]

@@jasonhunter2819 No atheists have gotten hate because so many of them on the internet never fucking shut up about how much smarter they are than everyone else. It's like Vegans, are they probably right? Yeah. But do people hate and disagree with them because some of them bring it up all the fucking time? Yeah.

[@VoltaVoid]

@@charliecoke7396 why is wrong for an atheist to bring up their beliefs all the time but not wrong from religious people to do the same? I've had tons of religious family members and strangers say they are "praying for me to see the truth" or something along those lines, implying that I essentially know nothing and they understand how the world works better than I do, but in a nicer way. Isn't that essentially the same thing?

[@shadowycaptain]

@@VoltaVoid Both are wrong. One pretending to be better than the other just for clout is boring and annoying. Discussing about why you believe in God or not in a respectful and inteligent way is a lot better.

[@angellasiter6931]

I have always been a fan of Chris Angel (cringey- I know) and went to one of his shows with my mom. He used every one of these methods and explained them and their history. Thought it was pretty kewl.

[@ExaltedUriel]

I have a huge respect for magicians that _do_ reveal their secrets, and don't have any delusions of grandeur or use illusionism to grift like these people do. It's just a performance and shouldn't be treated as anything more than that

[@olddiggy4800]

When you popped up in the white turtle neck and glasses, I thought you were Sylar from Heroes for a second

[@sars910]

Seeing how many "psychics" crawled out like cockroaches after the disappearance of Gabby Petito (Before her body was found) and claimed they could help the Petito family find their missing daughter is heartbreaking, infuriating, and is indicative that the plague of psychics is still raging strong. Honestly, I have more respect for cockroaches than I have for psychics.

[@fallen0star996]

As a somewhat of a psychic (don't really see myself that way), they are disgusting and it's not how that works. I rather call being a psychic a curse than it being a gift at this piont. These people are fakes. I can only see my own future and had to go through therapy to help me cope. These people are acting like they can just control there's so easily, which isn't even real. These people need to be stopped.

[@sabz3376]

@@fallen0star996 what's your opinion on this video Mrs cursed future

[@kumakumab]

@@fallen0star996 you're not psychic. you're doing exactly what the video describes, being delusional. there's absolutely no evidence for psychic powers. i believe you are experiencing confirmation bias which you know its very common. i hope you seek help because being delusional is a real mental disorder

[@juzington]

@@fallen0star996 take your meds please

[@fallen0star996]

@@kumakumab I'm not delusional, I just had a different life than you. You don't even take the effort to educate yourself on the subject.

[@MichaelBNegron]

My husband died recently from cancer, and I'm afraid that my mom's dabbling interest in psychics is getting worse because of it. I keep trying to point out all of this stuff to her, but the desire for there to be something more is so intense that even I feel it. I'd want nothing more than to see or hear him again, just one more time. But I won't give a shred of credibility or a penny to these vultures. They ruin lives, and hurt those who are left behind.

[@lilywinter9986]

I wish the best for you and your family. Stay strong and safe, much love

[@lilywinter9986]

@wh0rebaskiit Gon is best boi

[@tobiwalker7145]

I am sorry for your loss. If your mother can take comfort in more established religion, maybe steer her toward that? I have no tolerance for it, but they'll not do her as much deliberate harm as psychics.

[@NickanM]

I'm so sorry for your loss. 🌷🧡🌷

[@vintheguy]

@My names Jeff This is propagates the fuckers tho

[@aaravgaur7]

This video has to be one of my faviroute videos in existence, it touches on a subject so important, and so poignant, that it honestly almost brings a tear to my eye. See, I live in India, a country that(as much as I hate to say it) is pretty uneducated, a lot of people are trapped in the jaws of poverty, and there are so many people who carry out scams ike these, and so many poor souls who wholeheartedly believe them, and when you try to raise a voice of awareness, you are shot down by the sheer toxicity of the religion in this damn country. It's something that's always bothered me, and something thats really broken me up on the inside, because even when I try to help, and raise a voice against it, it doesn't matter. If the person in trouble is not willing to accept help, even trying to help them is useless, and that's really how I often feel for the people around me. So this video has so eloquently, and wonderfully summarized my thoughts on the matter, and presented them in a way so sensitive and efficient, that I could honestly never. It just makes me happy, knowing that there are people as fantastic as you, trying to help people with social evils like these. Thank you so much.